I have no words for this.

Probably one of the more brutal articles I've read on here.

In before race-baiting.

I want to know who fathered two kids with her. There's no way she's capable of free and informed consent to that sort of thing.

Pete Kotz said:

I might be wrong, David, but I think the law treats the mentally disabled like any other adult when it comes to consent, otherwise you'd be getting into law where people with low IQs wouldn't be able to have babies, which might be good, but would make for very sticky law.

The mentally disabled are treated like any other adult as far as having children, voting, working and the like. Unless they are somehow declared completely mentally disabled, they can do whatever they want including getting married and having children.

I work with the disabled for a living. It's sort of a mixed blessing that they are treated like any other adult. It gives them the same rights as the rest of us, but it can make things a bit sketchy. We have a person with us now who was married to a "normal" man who treated her like crap and only married her for her disability checks. If she chose to marry again, it would be her right and we can't stop her even though she lives in a group home. We can't protect them from all the abuses of the world, just the ones we have power over.

This story breaks my heart. I can't even begin to describe my sympathy for this poor woman. My question is, how is it that a house full of people were all willing and ready to abuse another person and not one of them reported the abuse? With all of the kids in that house and two abusive adults, how is it that no one knew anything about this? Where were the people that were supposed to protect this poor woman? I'm not blaming an individual or a guardian, I'm blaming society and these nut jobs that took advantage of her. Something somewhere failed miserably for the safety and protection of this woman.

Fourtyfive years is not enough justice for this sickening crime.

I have a disabled daughter.

This horrifies me to the core of my being.

What happened to Ms. Dixon's family members? Where was the father of the child?

And this is supposedly in a civilised society?

Is the implication that this story would horrify you less if the woman wasn't disabled? Or if you didn't have a disabled daughter?

Actually, Pete is very correct. I work with Intellectually disabled folks and unless they have a legal guardian, they are their own guardian, which gives them full choice under the law. If you are familiar with the "MR Waiver", this means that folks who choose the MR waiver, waive their right under the state's law to full care in an institution and must coordinate their rights to care under residential, day program and employment, usually with the help of a case manager. Not usually with the help of people like Riley.

Do we know if Riley is a US citizen? She looks quite suspicious. What about parents? Were they US citizens? If not, she should be deported ASAP. Why does here daughter have a different last name? Just to prove the trash that she is I guess.

Hellow mcr. Please fax me her US citizenship papers & I promise I will shut up.

Amber,
Maybe I can lighten thing up for you for a minute. If you think about that medicaid lady (don't know her name) who stood up for " A life like yours " she certainly didn't mean what you are talking about. She meant a life married to your peers (with support) and it brings me back to numerous conversations I had with the husband of and intellectually disabled person whose husband kept calling the director of my company to discuss how angry he was that his wife was sent into the bathroom to change her depends and it was embarrassing to her. Well, I asked my boss if he wanted to take this phone call, but let him know I didn't wanted to give it to him, unless he was fully prepared to discuss this person's underpants. Unfortunately, a life like yours means taking risks, which we all do. So don't be too hard on yourself. Just because we are not ID doesn't mean we know all the risks involved.

Amber,
And if we cannot always be proud of the state of our underpants, how can we expect them to?

Rocki,

You are correct. I take my individuals out in public every chance I get. My goal is to give them as normal a life as possible and I feel that I do that quite well. I took this job to help those who sometimes can't help themselves and to help keep them safe. Though nobody is guaranteed safety or dignity in their day to day lives, it breaks my heart when people take advantage of the more vulnerable among us. The disabled have the same exact rights as you and I, but they don't always have the capacity to exercise them the way you or I do. I know people take advantage of disabled people and it's something I don't like. I'm not saying I'd like to put them in plastic bubbles and shield them from the world, but it's difficult to stand by and watch as they open themselves up to being victimized. That's especially true in cases like the one I mentioned. Who in their right mind would let anyone be abused and have their money stolen if they could do something, anything to stop it.

Either way, we're both on the same side and it's nice to meet somebody who works in the same field. :)

I think I misunderstood you there, Rocki, I apologize. I've just come off something like 2,000,0000 hours at work due to the snow and I'm a bit loopy. We are actually on the same page, I misread.

On a side note, I can't remember the medicaid lady's name either and it's going to bug me all night! I thought Dorothea Dix, but that's not right.

Oh no Amber, it's not doretha dix. I think she was a black singer and that's a whole 'nother conversation. You can't help anyone until your own house is in order so get some rest. You deserve it. Rest assured, everyone in America under the "ID" waiver is safe tucked in bed tonight so you can be too. Cover up b/c it's going to snow ALOT tonight.

PS I work at a day program where we build electronics. What kind of stuff do you do at your day program?

Amber,
I don't want my choices taken away even if they protect me. I don't think anyone does.

I work in a group home. The gentlemen have two different day programs they can choose from. One makes those cheap coolers for beer and such, packages nuts and bolts and puts together boxes for shipping. The other is a combination social center and workshop. The individuals there put address labels on a monthly newsletter. I think our gentlemen would enjoy making electronics much more. Well, that's what they do when there's not two feet of snow on the ground anyway. :)

You're right, I wouldn't and don't want my rights taken away in the interest of protecting me. Sometimes, I just find it very difficult to "mesh" my desire for equal rights for all and my desire to be a voice for those who can't speak up for themselves, if you catch my drift.

Be safe and stay warm!

Yes, common sense would say, they will throw themselves down a canyon. But it must be mitigated with the common sense we, ourselves would use. I have worked with a guy who give a lot of speeches in Richmond about genetic testing and asked "what if I were never born?" (In ref. to ID people.) Well we would all lose out, b/c not only wold we not explore what make us that way, (genetically) but also what helps us bring those not like us close as possible to "a life like yours."

So, Amber, I have thrown myself down a lot of canyons, but I'm still here! It's not just for me but them, too!

This goes to show that all evil people are muslims/islamists.

Hallelujah!

OOOO my..... so heart breaking I have no words for it. Rest assured Michelle, lots of hot water is ready for you 24/7 behind the cell.

This lady disgusts me more than I can say. I have a mentally disabled sister who lives in a home, unfortunately, we can't take care of her because of the costs; but I swear if someone did this to her they would pay dearly. Fortunately, my parents stay as involved with her as much as possible, so I hope this never happens to her. The sentence she got was just not enough, not enough by any means.

And you wonder why I'm afraid of white people.

Disgusting

It's things like this that make me wish people could just be put down for the things they do. I mean seriously, a 12-year old ONLY got 60 days and 5 years probation? When I was 12, I knew the difference between right and wrong and I DEFINITELY knew that mentally challenged people were not to be ridiculed - regardless of what my friends/family were doing.

My point is this - they all should be put on trial for the death penalty...including the 12-year old. He had to know what he was doing during the whole ordeal. Execute them all and save the world from a lot of DNA that doesn't need to be passed on.

Find the people responsible for this and shove them into a wood-chipper. People that commit crimes like this should not be allowed to walk the earth.

And feed em in slow -- they should spend the last minute of their life feeling the pain and horror they inflicted on this poor woman.

I get so sad when I hear of the evil filth that destroys, corrupts, and feeds off of the innocent. I'm a firm believer in karma, but in these instances/stories, I want to put some of my own personal karma upside pathetic-waste-of-space heads!

I keep thinking of that poor woman, Dorothy Dixon, dying alone, cold, hungry, confused, in pain and fear while upstairs evil people lived off of her social security checks.

By the way, does the Social Security Administration take any issues with someone who has mental issues living with non-relatives without questioning it?

I dont get it, why didnt they sentence those bastards to death?

it disgusts me so much i can't even put it in words, I'm may be only 12 years old, but that other 12 year got off so easy it surprises me he didn't even get at least 20 years, to see all that disgusting stuff, not to mention she was always naked. Sometimes we rethink how just our court-of-law system really is, to be an accomplice to murder and get 60 days? It makes me puke

This woman (Riley) was said to be a fine Christian woman. Sounds about right.

Is the woman at the top right a former felon herself? It says Dorothy Dixon died, so it's VERY confusing determining who is who with both backgrounds being from a police lineup. Basically this Michelle Riley lived in a ghetto and had a mulatto daughter, a black guy and another mulatto guy and old white woman who tortured also. If that's Dorothy Dixon at the top right, they should have just had text below the image. I didn't know until searching that the white woman was Michelle Riley!! Pathetic editing!

Cases like this asks for the invention of punishment methods more severe than death.

The problem is not only that she was disabled, but rather than bunch of people were able to get so motivated to do such a crime.

This reminds me the guy (Josef Fritzl) in Austria

WOW! It is simply amazing that humans could be capable of this. I am at a loss for words.

Regarding the two guilty children.

Well. They deserve jail time, for sure.

But how terrible for them also. To be raised up in a way that makes this inhumanity normal.

Many lives lost.

I truly am astounded at this story! I am not suprised at the evil cause its so obvious how much is in the world, but that SO MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED AND DID NOTHING TO STOP IT!!!I could almost comprehend a brain washed teen (possibly a abuse victims themselves) but other adults!! That poor woman did'nt stand a chance.
I also have the same question as DAN which is, I would think social security administration would at least monitor a disabled persons living conditions and who was handling (abusing) there money.I understand that the mentally challanged have rights but it seems to be a frequent theme of people killing for, abusing and kidnapping for others social security checks.. Enouph so it that it might be something to be monitored.

Life in prison is the only acceptable punishment for everyone other than the 12 year old - whom will need massive amounts of counseling and may never be able to live in society.

Capital punishment would be too easy for these wild animals.

Wow... just wow... I've been to Alton - always figured it was a bizarre place. Now I'm totally convinced... All of these people should get what they did to this poor person - they should be put into a cell naked, allowed to sleep on a thin mattress with only a rug, have hot water tossed on them at random, and shoot them with BB's at random times from holes in the wall...

everyone whos crying for the death penalty... think about this.

would you rather die or sit in the same spot for 50 years?

Yeah.. thats why they make poeple sit in the same spot for 50 years.

Hey rocki, you missed me much?

No, I haven't missed you either.

If only people sentenced to sit 50 years in spot:

(a) would sit in just that spot for exactly 50 years,
(b) would not be supported by my taxes,
(c) would work hard labor every waking moment of that sentence rather than live in the law library seeking ways to game the system with groundless appeals,
(d) would openly and visibly suffer and repent before the living loved ones of the victim,
(e) would never, ever receive life saving medical care, but just enough care to keep them from overly-suffering (which is still too good for them),
(f) would never, ever get conjugal visits (true in some states),
(g) would never, ever get even a tax-payer paid court hearing about elective cosmetic or gender reassignment operations paid for by you and me,
(h) would repay the victims family and society at large by volunteering to be the lab specimen for the cure for everything,
(i) would never, ever be allowed to even attempt to sue anyone they didn't care if they hurt during the commission of their crime but yet they ended up suffering the instant kharma themselves,
and
(j) I'll stop here by finally saying that excising the cancer of a career criminal, especially one who kills as a crime, is healthier for our society than being too chicken-shit to cowboy up and get rid of them.

Decent people imagine a hell on earth when thinking of being stuck in a cell. Career criminals and people such those featured in this blog are not decent people.

Thatisall. For tonight.

Hey rocki, c'mon, pucker up and give me a big, wet sloppy welcome back kiss!

Oh, Alexa...I like you already. :)

people in jail right now are living vastly better and more privileged lives than the richest people of times past. you get free food, shelter, clothes, medical attention, running water and you get modern technologies such as tv and radio and books, magazines and an education. most of that didn't even exist to royalty hundreds of years ago. back then most couldn't even read the few books there were. being in jail is awesome. don't ever act like it is worth than death. it's not even close.

typo correction: worth=worse

May God Bless the soul of Dorothy Dixon and her Children!

Sick beyond belief.

I wonder if they are going to charge these people with two murders, of this poor girl AND her baby? Words can not describe how sick I am after reading this.

All of those involved with the torturing and murder of Dixon should get life without parole. Even the 12 year old!

God have mercy on their pathetic souls, because I have no mercy for them.

Its people like these that the death penalty is for.

What this woman faced is often seen in the animal kingdom as well. Like the smell of blood that draws animals or sharks in the water. And I have read of it often in so called human beings. One child is abused by the parents and soon the other children join in. In her case she was mentally retarded, she was black and so different. This made her the perfect natural victim.

No one is born with a conscience. If we are not taught by example it is rare to develop one. In fact it has been said for years, that if a child has not developed empathy, or knowing the difference between right and wrong by the time they reach 8 or 9 they never will.

And like animals they will attack the weakest. This mother, this monster led by example. Just how much can be done to change or hinder these impulses set by her to her children is impossible to say. Without years of therapy for each of them, it might well be impossible. As for the oldest, the 20 year old, that's a done deal. And the 12 year old should be incarcerated permanently. They all should.

We do not treat people in prison. We do not reform them. We never did. We punish. And we release them to do worse. So let's not kid ourselves. Some people are too toxic to be released back into society. We end up supporting them in prison forever. No one watched out for Ms. Dixon. She had no one to care.

One of the commentators said,"we are supposed to be a civilized society." Where did you ever get that idea? What have you seen over the last ten years that the word civilized covers in this country?

We have lousy government. We have so called radio entertainers that promote hate speech. We have become a mean, empty country. We prize nothing. We sell ourselves and our culture cheaply. We are empty of everything but hate. We are sliding backward daily. Our educational system is seriously backward. What we do have is lazy, apathetic, people who don't want to be bothered by uncomfortable facts staring us in the face.

And after having worked in social services for years, I can see nothing has improved except the reporting of stories such as this.

Oh yah tired of white way to prove racial profiling and slur's are wrong......by posting some of your own!

I have to speculate that this family may have had a white supremicist ideology. So, these kids may have been raised all their lives to believe that the "true place" of blacks was enslavement or deportation to the Africa or some other nonsense. It doesn't excuse any of it, and they are all likely so demented from that environment, that the safest thing for the rest of us is them all having the longest possible sentences. That 12 year old getting out in a few months is going to be extremely dangerous! My god, someone please find that kid guilty of some other crimes ASAP. One of the most frightening things about this to me is, if that woman wasn't in a mug shot, I swear she could look like any other normal neighbor. She looks like she would be attractive and fairly "clean-cut" looking in any other context. Very chilling to imagine someone like that could go on in any home, and at least once a year, something comparable seems to in almost every state.

J the thing is your right she looks like any neibhor. But the white supremist thing I am not so quick to buy into that for one, the woman does'nt look white herself, perhaps a latin or indian desent of some sort (I could be wrong to ) I think it was just a monster and her flock taking advantage of and tormenting a person not of capabilty to defend herself regaurdless of what race this poor woman was bless her heart.

Carol, I have to debate the idea that no one is born with a conscience. I don't think it is or could be ethically proven, at least not yet. I think that it is very plausible a child raised without any directions in regards to morality would have a gag reflex to this, if it wasn't a brainwashed behavior totally normalized. In other words, these kids were given directions IN FAVOR of that type of immorality, and therefore become depraved enough to contribute to it. Not to mention that there would be a degree of pressure to participate. An exception to this theory I am proposing is if a child received no nurturance, only food in early development. But any care and love alone, I think, would skew a study trying to prove that a conscience isn't an innate concept we are born with. I would point to a study of primates, as an example, who were taken from their mother at birth and received only food. They mostly went insane and usually died very young, if I'm not mistaken. It chemically does something to any being to go into self-destruct mode, I think.

Amber,
I apologize. Dorthea Dix was not a black singer. She was a person from DMAS who made the speeach " A life like yours." You were correct.

No worries. JESUS WILL SAVE ALL!

Actually,
No one has answered my question about this woman being a US Citizen or her parents. So I did my own research and she is a n Hispanic person, don't clog the toilet and you will not be beaten. Gotta go easy on the cheese and meat and eat some spinach. Mo Ham Mad, you may have a good point, break out the stones someone said a wrong word it is 64BC and the rich have you under their control go pray to Peter Pan. They have four wifes but you are too poor so you get none but if you die for them you get a whole bunch of virgins, yeah right and a happy meal , eternal life , the hammer of Thor, life time blockbuster video rental, and a free trip to Island of adventure. Wake up you are getting used, hey send me 1/3 of you salary and when you are gone me and Santa will reimburse you 4 fold.

Amber,
I apologize, it was Dorthea Dix that made the "a life like yours" speech for DMAS. I am sorry, my mind sometimes goes too fast.

Alexa,
How could I miss you? The cockroaches are on my deck all summer. The mildew grows in basement and the spider crickets jump. You are everywhere.

This is absolutely disgusting, and its proof to how deluded all americans are with their hope for a truly "civilized" society. There are sadistic, evil, horrible people in this world, and I honestly believe that will NEVER change, no matter how "civilized" a country is, unless they kill off all people found with sadistic tendencies, which I'm sure is very unconstitutional (not that the notions our country was founded on hold any pertinence in our modern-day laws/society) and a lot of people would be upset about. Personally I'm down to put anybody that would do something like this to another person---especially another person who is ID and not fully able to care for themselves---to death. There will never be peace in a world full of asshole sickos.

RYAN BOSCH!!!!! POOPSKEEPADES

I used to be a little slow myself, that is exactly what america is all about, what a hilarious name to give to this satanic country. The teachers really get off on messing with slow kids. No wonder these degenerates didn't realize it was not right.

Brings me to tears.... Why are people so cruel?

Hey matthew, I believe you said PEOPLE...Let me give you a little HINT,these sewer rats don't deserve to be called people, they are DEMONS,and they should be meted out the same punishment that they gave her!!!!!!!!!1

If you ask me these people have all got to be demon possessed... How SICK of a personality it takes to even witness such abuse of another human being, never mind actually taking part in/enjoying it... Just finished reading about Jennifer Daugherty, interestingly enough she was also tortured, and killed by a group of 6 people.

I just can't fathom a human doing something like this on their own

wow. the truth is that 12 yr old needs some serious, and court appointed forced by law counselling for the next, like....dunno, at least half of a murder sentance, maybe the whole thing. If he gets off w/no murder then he needs to go to the doctor, then tell him if he doesn't we'll put him in a room with padded walls. The adults...well as easy as it sounds to kill all the sickos that would just put us all at their level, and simply cause a lot of innocent deaths. Use these people for studies on why sick people do what they do, and work the hell out of em on a chain gang for the remainder of their natural lives. It sounds pretty fitting to me. They give back in 2 ways. General society and they give back in the way of helping us fix the problem of fucked up people like that.

this is wow i neverthough people were this very cruel

thats mean and harshful

that dumb mean bitch can go to fucking hell i mean really who does that from tyanna

Well I'm speechless. I don't understand why we continue to elect these liberal judges and political figures. They have NO BALLS to punish people. If I was a judge I'd throw the whole book at them with full force. They should bring back public executions and cut hands off for thieves and CASTRATE CHILD PREDS! I'm starting an organization for the bringing back of public execution!

this reminds me a lot of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Likens

Im still in tears of reading what happened to Jennifer Daugherty, I come over to read this artical ,Oh my God , I dont believe in Capital punishment But i sure do believe in Life in Prison and thats where All of these people belong . No less .I dont understand why that 12 year old only got 60 days in Detention and 5 years Probation, Sure she is young and a minor But She sure didnt learn anything from 60 days punishment Im sure of it . Some comments people make that because people are born with mentally defects that they shouldnt go out into public because these things happen People if you havent read these things happened to people with high I'Q's daily Does that mean we should not go out in Public ? I feel the ones who commit these crimes should not be allowed out in Public again .

Roach-infested, scum-coated and audio-addled are you Rocki?

Tsk, tsk. You only have yourself to blame.

*puckers up* Now, give us a kiss.

I am not surprised that humans could do something like this. As horrible as it is, people have been doing awful things to other people since the beginning of time (whenever that was) and will keep continuing to do so. It sucks but I say the real punishment would be to endure the hell that you bestowed onto the other person. If you can give it you should be able to take it.